Iron stand



P. G. HUMES IRON STAND Sept. 22, 1936.

Filed Jan. 16, 1936 Patented Sept. 22, 1936 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE IRON STAND Pearl G. Humes, Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario, Canada Application January 16, 1936, Serial No. 59,356

1 Claim.

The invention relates to a stand for a flat iron and particularly to a stand adapted to be permanently mounted on an ironing board in which it is preferably sunk below the ironing surface.

The object of the invention is to provide a stand that is attachable to an ironing board as a permanent fixture.

A further object is to construct a stand with marginal walls and an open front by which the person ironing may readily slide the iron onto the stand Without having to raise it. This makes ironing less tiresome since the iron does not have to be lifted onto the stand from time to time, which lifting is of course very fatiguing on the Wrist.

The invention consists essentially of a stand composed of a sheet metal body having a rectangular flat surface upon which the iron rests and marginal walls around three of its sides thus leaving the front side open. Beneath the sheet metal surface a layer of asbestos is held in place by a grille or grid which reinforces the structure and spaces the asbestos from the wooden ironing board on which it is fitted. The grille is secured by downwardly returning the marginal edges of the sheet metal and clinching them over the sides of the grille. This produces a very sturdy and serviceable construction that is inexpensive to manufacture.

Referring to the accompanying drawing, Figure 1 is a perspective view of the stand.

Figure 2 is a cross section taken on line 2-2 of Figure 1 and showing the stand disposed in a well or depression in the ironing board.

Figure 3 is a longitudinal section on line 3--3 of Figure l in conjunction with the well portion of the ironing board.

Figure 4 is a plan view of the grille.

Like numerals of reference indicate corresponding parts in each of the figures throughout the drawing of the invention.

As shown in the drawing, the stand is composed of a thin sheet-metal body of a rectangular shape in plan and of a size to accommodate a conventional flat iron, which rests on the supporting surface 5.

The sheet metal is bent upwards around three sides of the supporting surface in order to form the walls 6, l and 8. This leaves the fourth side open, which constitutes the front of the stand. The sheet metal at this side is bent down as shown at 9.

The metal of the side walls is returned from the upper edges It so as to extend downwardly at the outside of the inner thickness to a point well below the supporting surface 5. The walls are thus formed of a double thickness of material. The upper edges ID are preferably beaded as shown and may be reinforced by a wire II as 5 customary. It is desirable that the opposing side walls 6 and I be tapered off towards the front of the stand as denoted at l2.

The sheet metal supporting surface has the layer of heat-insulating material l3 disposed 10 thereunder and held in place by the grille l4 composed of the wire frame I5 and the parallel bars l6 welded or otherwise joined thereto. The grille retains the insulation. and sustains the sheet metal against bending or sagging under the weight of the iron and the forcible application of it upon the stand.

In order to firmly secure the grille in place the outer thickness of the metal I! of the three walls 6, I and 8 is clinched around the frame I5 as at I8. The sheet metal 9 at the front is also clinched over the frame to ensure a rigid structure.

To attach the stand to an ironing board, the supporting surface is pierced as at I9 receptive to fastening elements such as nails or the like. In applying the stand to the ironing board a well or depression 26 is supplied in order that the supporting surface 5 may be substantially on a level with the top surface of the board as illustrated in Figures 2 and 3. 30

What I claim is:-

An iron stand composed of thin sheet metal fashioned into a rectangular horizontal supporting surface with upstanding marginal walls along three of its sides so as to leave an open front, said walls being formed by bending the metal upwardly and then downwardly on a close return bend to provide a double thickness of metal, the return bend being made on the outside and the metal thereof depending below said supporting surface, themetal of the front of the supporting surface being bent'downwardly along with the return bend of the side walls, a layer of insulation disposed immediately beneath the supporting surface and extending to the outer thickness 5 of metal of the side walls and to the downturned metal at the front of the supporting surface, and a grille sustaining said insulation and having a marginal frame secured by clinching over the metal of the front of said supporting surface and that of the return bend of the walls aforesaid and having spaced parallel bars intermediate of the frame and joined to opposite sides thereof.

PEARL G. HUMES. 

